Professional Development

Drupal 6 Basics

Focuses on basic elements of using the Drupal 6 Content Management System (CMS). This workshop is slow-paced, interactive, and geared toward beginning Drupal users.

This course covers the following basic topics:

Content Management System Overview

Logging In to an OSU Drupal 6 Site

Permissions & Access Roles

Working with the Page Content Type

How to Create Draft Content

How to Locate Draft Content

How to Create Draft Revisions

Exploring the WYSIWIG Editor

Basic Overview of the Editor

Paste Text from Word

Change Text Styles

Input Formats

Learning about Links

Create Anchor Links

Create Internal Links

Create External Links

URLs

How to Attach a File

Basic Menus

Category

Web Tools and Programming

Department

IS - Central Web Services

Restriction

No restriction was placed on this course.

Published

Yes

Prerequisite

None

Additional Information

You should consider taking the Drupal 6 Basics workshop if you meet more than one of the following:

You have never used a previous version of Drupal

You have no experience with any other Content Management System (such as Joomla)

You have never worked with a conventional website

You do not feel confident with intermediate level computing operations such as: opening and extracting zip files, changing browser settings, or uploading files from your computer's desktop to a website